METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF HEAT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING POLARIZABLE MATERIALS AND AN INTERNALLY GENERATED POLING FIELD - Patent 2622727

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EP 2 622 727 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	07.08.2013 Bulletin 2013/32

(21)	Application number: 11832932.5

(22)	Date of filing: 13.09.2011

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H02N 3/00^(2006.01)

H01L 37/00^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2011/051377

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2012/050706 (19.04.2012 Gazette 2012/16)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

08.09.2011 US 201113228051
29.09.2010 US 387760 P

(71)	Applicant: The Neothermal Energy Company
	Atlanta, GA 30305 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ERBIL, Ahmet Atlanta GA 30318 (US) WALBERT, David, F. Atlanta GA 30309 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jordan, Volker Otto Wilhelm et al
	Weickmann & Weickmann Patentanwälte Postfach 860 820 81635 München 81635 München (DE)

(54)	METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF HEAT TO ELECTRICAL ENERGY USING POLARIZABLE MATERIALS AND AN INTERNALLY GENERATED POLING FIELD